Draco's potion making skills WAS: Scary Teachers - Good Teachers

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 153118

Eggplant:
> I disagree, I think getting a O is very hard and quite rare. Even a
> genius like Hermione couldn't get a O in Defense Against The Dark
> Arts, only Harry could.

Ceridwen:
Defense Against the Dark Arts has been taught poorly for years, due 
to two things: changing teachers every year, and some of the teachers 
we've seen, like Lockhart, aren't worth the time the students spend 
in class.  Harry has a deep interest in DADA.  He's got LV after him, 
so he'll need it, and I think he would have had an interest anyway, 
though maybe not as much of one.

On the other hand, Snape has been teaching Potions for fourteen years 
at this point, so knows there is consistency in the teaching.  Also, 
he has been teaching above level according to OotP, so his students 
getting higher marks in their O.W.L.s would make more sense, since 
they are comfortable with the slightly lower, more age-appropriate 
standardized exams.

Ceridwen.